forecasting a slow warm up...

With the arrival of Elise last week Monday, I was wondering how Owen would be adjusting. He did visit at the hospital on Monday in which he never got closer than 2 feet to either Elise or me. No hugs, nothing...I was only able to bribe him to be within arm's reach with some M&M's.

On Wednesday, I was released and Tom picked me up himself. Together, we went to pick up Owen from Barb's house. As soon as I walked in, Owen says Hi Mom - Go to work, I'm eating cereal...hmm, not the welcome I was hoping for. But by bedtime, he did say "Mom, I missed you."

On Thurs, Elise came home and Owen would not come anywhere near her. But by Friday, he did get within 3 feet of her and acknowledge Elise's presence. Today, was yet another step forward with willingness to sit on the couch next to Tom or I while we were holding Elise. He has yet to touch or hold her but perhaps by end of this week there will be a cute photo of Owen holding Elise. Until then, this is the official first photo of the siblings...

No shortage of cars here

We celebrated Owen's birthday today with a house full of chaos. Fun was had by all. The theme was Disney Cars and with that came many Cars presents. Thanks to everyone's generosity and I think Owen's car count went up at least 10 fold. If anyone would like to play with some cars, please stop over!
I decided to make my own cake this year and found a pic on the web that seemed easy to replicate. I was pretty happy with how it turned out and Owen thought it tasted pretty good, I think.

owen-isms

When I picked up Owen today, Madelyn had to show me her board of Owen-isms. I had to laugh. They always like to tell me stories of funny things Owen says but never knew they kept a board of their favorite ones!

Some of my favorites include:
- excuse me, i burped
- the pancake house
- pizza store
- i'm just not tired yet (as he's yawning)
- mmm...tasty
- not just yet (usual response to 'are you ready?')